‘even their stories keep changing’
A few passages from “Stories We Tell Ourselves” by Richard Holloway:
Tag: reading
‘WITHDRAWN FROM STOCK’
This is one of the books that Sian gave me for my recent birthday. Sian thought that I might be amused by the marginalia [evidence of past use]. Sian was … Continue reading ‘WITHDRAWN FROM STOCK’
Which novel has sold most?
This question was asked in last week’s Sunday Times: Of course there is no complete data to refer to but it is thought that Don Quixote tops the list. It … Continue reading Which novel has sold most?
dismantled me, most wonderfully
Hilary Mantel’s essays/reviews/critiques dismantled me, most wonderfully. In my commonplace notebook Alexander McCall Smith wrote for me: ‘we had an idea too!’
The Dark Flower
A WWI Officers Library: ‘The Library is OPEN, but there is only ONE book!’ ‘The Dark Flower’ by John Galsworthy
‘Were you silent when we died?’
The following is a piece of art based on short passages from HALF OF A YELLOW SUN by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:
Empty libraries
I hate to think of empty libraries. The above photograph is of the ‘NON-FICTION’ section of what was once Springburn Library, Glasgow. At the time this photograph was taken this … Continue reading Empty libraries
TRIO
This review in Scotland on Sunday of TRIO by William Boyd has encouraged me to make it my next read: